Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer Award in Forensic Nursing
Criteria
- The nominee is an International Association of Forensic Nurses voting member (Registered Nurse or equivalent).
- The nominee has demonstrated innovative and creative methods to promote and enhance Forensic Nursing to the nursing community as well as community at large.
- The nominee must have made significant contributions to the development of Forensic Nursing through demonstrated leadership at the local, state, and national/international levels.
- The nominee has worked with other organizations/disciplines to set standards of practice for the care of victims and/or offenders of violence.
- The nominee has increased the realm of possibilities for the organization and the practice of Forensic Nursing.
Past Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer Award Winners
2021 – Pamela S. Holtzinger
2020 – No Awards Given
2019 – Zenaide Cavalcanti de Mederios Kernbeis
2018 – Michelle Ortiz
2017 – Jana French
2016 – Diana Faugno
2015 – Stacey Mitchell
2014 – Bonnie Price
2013 – Jennifer Pierce-Weeks
2012 – Sheila Macdonald
2011 – Susan Chasson
2010 – Nancy Cabelus
2009 – Denise Lyons
2008 – Elise J. Turner
2006 – Dr. Barbara Moynihan
2005 – Debra Holbrook
2004 – Mary Sullivan
2003 – Colleen O’Brien
2002 – Daniel J. Sheridan
2001 – Linda Saunders
2000 – Linda Ledray
1999 – Jamie Gilson
1998 – Jamie Ferrell
1997 – Arlene Kent-Wilkinson
1996 – Georgia Pasqualone
1995 – Faye Battiste-Otto